Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark de Leeuw / Getty Images Pruning is an essential aspect of caring for roses. Unlike lower-maintenance shrubs such as hydrangea ...

Heavier pruning of roses is usually done in late winter or early spring, when the plant is dormant. However, lightly pruning roses in summer is also beneficial to help manage disease, encourage more ...

In this video we start in the late winter and begin by preparing our roses. I show the easiest to follow pruning techniques that can be accomplished in late winter or early spring to create a lovely ...

I learned to prune with a Sunset manual in one hand and pruning shears in the other. I wanted my roses to look just like the pictures. But the more I gardened, the more I realized that not everything ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

If you've spent any time gardening, then you've likely heard of the term "pruning" before. This beneficial garden maintenance task is imperative for keeping your beautiful, hard-earned rose bush alive ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Mastering the art of pruning your rose bushes doesn't have to be an intimidating task. With the right ...

The Humboldt Rose Society is providing free rose pruning demonstrations in the new year. In these workshops, the Humboldt Rose Society’s rosarians (master rose growers) will explain and show how to ...

As the sunlight fades and the temperature drops, we all spend less time in our yards, but it doesn’t mean that our plants require any less care. In fact, keeping them healthy, especially knowing how ...

If you have roses growing in your garden and want to keep them healthy and full of wonderful blooms in the springtime, you’ll need to prune them in the winter months. Sometimes, age, illness, the pain ...

People soon won’t be able to stop and smell the roses in front of the Santa Barbara Mission, but only temporarily. Volunteers ...